Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: rendering first content to a first user, the first content being based on recorded content associated with a second user; eye tracking in a time interval following the rendering of the first content to obtain eye-tracking data of the first user; determining first data indicative of whether or not there is a match between the eye-tracking data of the first user and reference eye-tracking data associated with the recorded content associated with the second user; receiving second data indicative of whether or not there is a match between eye-tracking data of the second user and reference eye-tracking data associated with recorded content associated with the first user; and if both the first and second data are indicative of a match, then providing the first user with a telecommunication option configured to initiate communication with the second user.

Abstract: According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments there is provided an apparatus comprising means for binocularly displaying visual content as a first image directed towards a first eye of a user and as a second image directed towards a second eye of the user. The first image comprises a first area in which a blue spectral component of the visual content is reduced as compared to a corresponding first area of the second image. The second image comprises a second, different area in which a blue spectral component of the visual content is reduced as compared to a corresponding second area of the first image.

Abstract: Conventional problems are solved by providing a cooling mechanism having a nanocapillary structure constituted by graphene, a semiconductor device including the cooling mechanism, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electronic device. A first metal layer, a first graphene layer formed on the first metal layer and having a nanocapillary channel, a second graphene layer joined to an upper surface of the nanocapillary channel to form an opening of a passage for a refrigerant, and a second metal layer covering the second graphene layer are included.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device (100) comprises a first power source (120), an aerosolizer (110) configured to receive power from the first power source and configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol-generating substrate (170), a second power source (130), and a heating circuit (160) configured to receive power from the second power source to heat the first power source.

Abstract: A region of a sealing part is effectively utilized. -A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a substrate, a sealing part, and a cavity region. The substrate included in this semiconductor device is disposed adjacent to a bottom surface of the semiconductor element. The sealing part included in this semiconductor device is formed in a shape that covers an upper surface that is a surface facing the bottom surface of the semiconductor element, and seals the semiconductor element. The cavity region included in this semiconductor device is a region disposed in the sealing part and formed with a cavity.

Abstract: Acquisition of a three-dimensional shape of an object by a user is efficiently supported. There is provided an information processing device including a control unit that controls presentation of feedback related to arrangement of a plurality of mirror surfaces arranged around an object to be imaged and used for acquiring a three-dimensional shape of the object. Furthermore, there is provided an information processing method including controlling, by a processor, presentation of feedback related to arrangement of a plurality of mirror surfaces arranged around an object to be imaged and used for acquiring a three-dimensional shape of the object.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided, including: a battery, and a heater configured to heat the battery as a first heating function of the heater, the heater being further configured to perform a second heating function, the first heating function being different from the second heating function, the electronic device being configured to switch between the first and the second heating functions of the heater in dependence on a temperature of the battery, the electronic device being an aerosol-generating device, and in which heating an aerosol-forming substrate is the second heating function. An aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating article and the electronic device, and a method for operating the electronic device, are also provided.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a battery, and a heater configured to heat the battery, in which one or both of the battery and the heater are movably mounted in the aerosol-generating device, such that the battery and the heater are relatively movable towards each other between a near position and a distanced position, the near position being different from the distanced position. An aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating article and the aerosol-generating device, and a method for heating a battery in the aerosol-generating device, are also provided.

Abstract: Provided is a thermoelectric power generation module that uses a thermoelectric power generation element and, for example, improves the efficiency of thermoelectric power generation according to heat generated by a semiconductor component, etc.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: obtaining a value of one or more parameters which vary with actions of a user; accessing an artificial intelligent agent configured to use one or more trained machine learning models selected, from a plurality of differently trained machine learning models, based on the obtained value of one or more parameters, the plurality of differently trained machine learning models being configured to provide respective outputs; providing content composed by the user as an input to the artificial intelligent agent to cause generation of feedback to the user on the content composed by the user, the feedback being dependent on the artificial intelligent agent; controlling a submission based on the content composed by the user; and causing the feedback to be provided to the user.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus (500) including a control section (504) that dynamically changes each parameter related to display of a virtual object, the parameter controlling display of the virtual object on each display device according to a method of expressing an image, the method being assigned for display of the image to each of a plurality of display devices that display images related to the same virtual object.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided comprising: generating a digital data block comprising transaction data representing at least one energy transfer transaction corresponding to an exchange of charge between a community member device and a charge source device, randomly selecting, in a group of community member devices, a plurality of block verification devices, wherein the block verification devices form a subgroup of block verification devices, partitioning a block verification computation task for the digital data block into a plurality of block verification computation subtasks, assigning the block verification computation so subtasks to respective selected block verification devices, transmitting the digital data block to each selected block verification device, together with its respective block verification computation subtask over a computer network, determining that the digital data block is verified, based on at least one verification results of a corresponding block verification computation

Abstract: An object of the present technology is to prevent damage in a bonded portion between a semiconductor chip and a substrate in a semiconductor device in which the semiconductor chip is mounted on the substrate. A terminal is disposed between an electrode of an element and an electrode of a substrate on which the element is mounted, and electrically connects the electrode of the element and the electrode of the substrate. The terminal includes a plurality of unit lattices and a coupling portion. The unit lattices included in the terminal are formed by bonding a plurality of beams in a cube shape. The coupling portion included in the terminal couples adjacent unit lattices among the plurality of unit lattices.

Abstract: A medical imaging system is described that comprises an heating element configured to apply at least one heating pattern element to a material to locally heat the material; a sensor configured to capture the position of the heated material a predetermined time after the application of the heating pattern element; and circuitry configured to determine the change of the heating pattern applied to the material based upon the captured position of the heated material after the predetermined time.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processor that obtains, from a first P2P database, evaluation information for evaluating learning of a user, which is obtained by an acquisition device, and performs evaluation on learning performed by the user on the basis of the evaluation information.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processor that generates a plurality of pieces of authority information for obtaining user information classified into a plurality of categories, in which the processor generates the authority information to correspond to each of a plurality of the categories.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining one or more first devices that are Internet devices meeting all of the following conditions: residing at a given location; equipped with one or more ambience sensing capable sensors; and operation mode being such that their ambience sensing capable sensors should not cause transmission of data. One or more second devices are determined that are Internet devices at the given location and equipped with one or more elements capable of causing an ambient stimulation detectable by the sensors of one or more first devices. Data transmissions of the first devices are monitored. Issuing of the ambient stimulation is caused by a subset of the one or more second devices. It is determined whether the issuing of the ambient stimulation caused a significant change in the monitored data transmissions of the first devices.

Abstract: According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments there is provided an apparatus comprising means for binocularly displaying visual content as a first image directed towards a first eye of a user and as a second image directed towards a second eye of the user. The first image comprises a first area in which a blue spectral component of the visual content is reduced as compared to a corresponding first area of the second image. The second image comprises a second, different area in which a blue spectral component of the visual content is reduced as compared to a corresponding second area of the first image.

Abstract: To more appropriately perform a consensus processing regarding update of a peer-to-peer database. There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an acquiring unit that acquires a value indicating an influence of a user; and a consensus processing unit that performs consensus processing regarding update of a P2P database on the basis of the value indicating the influence.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processor that determines, on the basis of a predetermined condition, a transaction between a first virtual asset granted on the basis of a learning unit being certified to a user being educated and a second virtual asset different from the first virtual asset.